Roughing It

Vonna Harper
Erotic fiction
Available from Ellora's Cave
ISBN: 9781419917257
June 2008

Let me begin by stating that if you are looking for a romantic, “happily ever after” type tale, then this is not the story for you. In a style that I have begun to recognize and associate with Ms. Harper’s writings, “Roughing It” pushes the limits of what is generally acceptable sexual behavior between a man and woman.

Ritter is an ex-professional baseball player whose personal fantasy is to own his own sex slave. Asia is an attractive women, seemingly in her prime whose relationships haven’t been too successful in the past – due in part to her sexual secret. Not finding what she needs, she agrees to play the part of a sex slave when Ritter’s friends approach her in a bar. The rest of the plot revolves around what takes place once Ritter discovers her in his hotel suite.

Perhaps because of the story’s concept, the sexual scenes while explicit lacked emotion or any type of connection between the characters other than the physical. There is also a switching back and forth between what is happening in the hotel and what each character is fantasizing about which at times I found difficult to follow. Overall, I found the story enjoyable. However I think that with a bit more detail – allowing the reader to know and understand the characters in a more personal manner – it might have been an even more pleasurable read.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Explicit

Reviewer: Rosalynne Writer
July 22, 2008

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